Nelson Mandela Quotes

The United States of America is a threat to world peace.

My vision of a 'new world order' foresees a United Nations with a revitalized peacekeeping function.

America has saved the world most of the time, but messed it up a couple of times.

At this time there was but one among the great nations of the world which adhered to an active and avowed friendship for us. "We desire above all things the maintenance of the American Union as one indivisible nation," was the kindly and always to be remembered greeting that came to us from the Emperor of Russia.

We speak of the United States as a “benign hegemony”.

If the United States disengages from many issues confronting the international community it will be replaced.

The war in Iraq has fractured the political will of the United States and the world.

It took a world war, between 1914 and 1918, to draw the United States into a deeper and more sustained relationship with the wider world.

When America is stronger, the world is safer.

I think Russia is dangerous, not a superpower. I know what the president is trying to say. I worked for him for five years, not just two.He doesn't want us to overreact. He doesn't want to go back to the Cold War and some superpower competition. But my own view, and I think General Mattis stated something similar today, is that Russia is a challenge for the United States. It is a threat to some of our allies.

We better rethink the position of the United States in the world and whether we want to be an empire. Being an empire puts all of us in jeopardy. The American Empire, while it was just wreaking havoc on other nations, didn't bother us.

The world is a very dangerous place. But the world is not too dangerous of a place for the United States of America provided we act according to our principles, provided we act intelligently.

I believe that we do not share as many values with Russia yet as we do with the United States. On the other hand, we have a strong interest in Russia developing in a reasonable direction.

I would have said, before the World Trade Center events, that he would try to get a normal relationship with China - making clear to China what the limits are of what America can accept, but also showing understanding for some of Chinese necessities. I thought he was moving towards the position that I have more or less advocated.

In closing, the greatest threat to peace on this earth is the arrogance of a super-power [America] that is out of control.

The United States is sending its most powerful drone to Libya. That’s a long trip for Joe Biden.

Seven-and-a-half years of the weak and feckless foreign policy of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama has weakened America's place in the world and it has emboldened the enemies of our freedom.

America has to stand by our allies. I think the tension that existed between Israel and the United States was very unfortunate.

If America can have a great relationship with Russia and with China and with all countries, I'm all for that. That would be a tremendous asset.

From the beginning, the United States has enjoyed close and valued ties with the Muslim world.

The United States of America should be prepared to use military force to strike military targets of the Assad regime.

President George W. Bush is endangering the United States and the world's safety while undermining American values.

I believe it is both unwise and even wrong to interfere in the affairs of other nations. Indeed, if we are honest, we will see that this is one of the reasons for 9-11.

Let me be clear: America and the world are measurably less safe and less respected because of the Iran deal Hillary Clinton helped cut.

I believe that transatlantic relations are very important and that President Bush's visit to Brussels, in a few days, will have a major impact on that.